The use of graphical pinch analysis for visualizing water footprint constraints in biofuel production

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-609

  Tan, Raymond R ^a   Foo, Dominic Chwan Yee ^b   Aviso, Kathleen B ^a   Ng, Denny Kok Sum ^b  

^a DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass energy; Pinch analysis; Targeting; Virtual water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CARBON; CURVE FITTING;

BIO-MASS ENERGY; PINCH ANALYSIS; TARGETING; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER FOOTPRINT;

BIOETHANOL;

BIOFUEL; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; GRAPHICAL METHOD; TARGETING;

EID: 58949090474     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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